Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Sacramento (Calif.) Office of the City Treasurer records
- Dates:
- ca. 1850-1999
- Extent:
- 35.80 Linear Feet (146 volumes, 2 boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Sacramento (Calif.) Office of the City Treasurer records, CTY0044, Center for Sacramento History.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains records created by the City of Sacramento Office of the Treasurer. Records include cash, expenditures, receipts, and account ledgers; statements of funds; official city bond registers; street improvement bond registers and street fund ledgers; taxes and a delinquent tax roll; bills and receipts for city water services; liquor licenses and other license registers; and city collector registers.
- Biographical / historical:
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The office of the City Treasurer was established by the City Charter of 1850. The treasurer's duties were to receive all monies that came to the city, to pay same out on certificate of the president of the Common Council, to perform other acts prescribed by the Council, and to provide quarterly reports to the mayor and newspapers. Those duties were continued by succeeding charters, with the added duty in 1920 of serving as an investment officer for the city. In 1922, the City Treasurer's Office was folded into the larger Department of Finance.
- Acquisition information:
- Transferred from the City of Sacramento in 1976, 1978, and 2007 (accessions 1976/006, 1978/031, and 2007/099), and Christopher Wolters in 2015 (2015/005).
- Processing information:
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Processed by Kim Hayden, 2024.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged into four series: Series 1. Cash, accounts, and receipts, 1851-1959 Series 2. Taxes, 1851-1936 Series 3. Bonds, ca. 1850-1999 Series 4. Collection and license registers, 1851-1922
The cash and accounts, bonds, and collection and license series are arranged alphabetically; the taxes series is arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-11 11:36:39 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Sacramento (Calif.) Office of the City Treasurer records, CTY0044, Center for Sacramento History.
- Location of this collection:
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551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.Sacramento, CA 95811, US
- Contact:
- (916) 808-7072